------- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-01-14 15:15 EDT------- The same problem is seen on 14.10 as well:
root@cellc10:~# uname -a Linux cellc10 3.16.0-23-powerpc64-smp #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 18:12:52 UTC 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux root@cellc10:~# dmesg | grep rtc [ 0.692983] /build/buildd/linux-3.16.0/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) [ 4.349881] rtc-generic rtc-generic: rtc core: registered rtc-generic as rtc0 root@cellc10:~# find /dev -name \*rtc\* /dev/rtc /dev/rtc0 root@cellc10:~# hwclock Wed 14 Jan 2015 10:11:47 AM EST -0.816985 seconds -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to init-system-helpers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410604 Title: ISST-LTE: unable to open rtc device Status in init-system-helpers package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Chanh H. Nguyen <chngu...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-09 17:30:08 == We use DVD to install Ubuntu 15.04 kernel 3.18.0-8-generic version on our PowerVM system. After install, I am seeing this error "/build/buildd/linux-3.18.0/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device" on the dmesg log... root@pole1lp3:~# uname -a Linux pole1lp3 3.18.0-8-generic #9-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 5 22:52:15 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@pole1lp3:~# dmesg |grep rtc [ 0.556763] /build/buildd/linux-3.18.0/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) [ 3.296241] rtc-generic rtc-generic: rtc core: registered rtc-generic as rtc0 root@pole1lp3:~# == Comment: #2 - David Heller <helle...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-13 20:53:50 == It must be an order of operations thing: something is trying to do the hctosys before the driver is loaded. A few seconds later the driver loads and it seems fine after that. root@pole1lp3:~# dmesg | grep rtc [ 0.551202] /build/buildd/linux-3.18.0/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) [ 3.353719] rtc-generic rtc-generic: rtc core: registered rtc-generic as rtc0 root@pole1lp3:~# find /dev -name \*rtc\* /dev/rtc /dev/rtc0 root@pole1lp3:~# hwclock Tue 13 Jan 2015 07:36:15 PM CST -0.779773 seconds root@pole1lp3:~# hwclock --hctosys root@pole1lp3:~# date Tue Jan 13 19:38:05 CST 2015 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/init-system-helpers/+bug/1410604/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp